I've noticed a lot of blogs feature recipes, so why not add my two calories? I suppose cornbread is a weird way to start off my recipe page, but the fact is, I'm making chili for dinner tonight (whoops! sorry! that should read supper, the Yankee in me slipped out) and I always whomp up this cornbread to go with it. This being Texas, it stands to reason that chili (specifically chili con carne) is the official state food, and Texans are a contentious lot when it comes to the merits of really good chili. Basically, it boils down (ha) to beans or no beans. There are those who swear there is an 11th Commandment, thou shalt not put beans in thy chili; and there are just as many who think it borders on the sacrilegious to NOT put beans in chili. Either way, there's meat in it unless you are my sister-in-law, a life-long vegetarian, who makes chili sans meat AND beans. It's actually not bad, if you like heavily seasoned tomato sauce, but back in the days of the Old West, she probably would have been shot for a traitor for such tomfoolery. Personally, I don't understand why some people get so riled up over something as silly as chili. Beans or no, it's all in how you like it. Now, on to the recipe:

In a large mixing bowl, whisk eggs with milk. Add cornbread mix, veggie oil, sugar, salt and garlic powder, and whisk until well blended. Fold in remaining ingredients.

Lightly grease a 7 1/2 X 11 3/4 glass baking dish (these dimensions are important or your cornbread won't turn out right). Pour batter into the dish and bake for 30 - 40 minutes. This cornbread has a dense cake-like consistency, so test for doneness by making sure the middle is cooked through. Cut into squares and serve hot.

In case you are wondering, my chili has beans, three different kinds.Toot!

Prunella

"I am not

a glutton; I am an explorer of food." How I miss Erma Bombeck! Admittedly, Roadkill is not the best name for a food blog, but it fits my roadside theme, so I'm sticking with it. My very first cookbook (which I still have, see below) is Betty Crocker's New Boys and Girls Cook Book. Luckily, my husband isn't too picky; my culinary skills have not progressed very much beyond the recipes found in those pages. If you'd like to print a recipe: highlight the recipe (click and drag), right click, and click COPY. Then, open a Word document and paste the recipe into the document. Please do not let my lousy photography keep you from trying these recipes.

Pictured below is a fruit salad recipe from the book.

I am tempted to serve this to my husband and sons to see what kind of snarky comments I get.